Conversations with Natalie...

Yesterday Nat was on a roll...here's some of the good stuff!

Leaving preschool...

Nat:  D kicked me twice today.  Hard!
Kate:  Did you kick him back? (what we've resorted to at this stage of the bullying...awesome parenting...)
N: No, I didn't.
K: (more awesome parenting) Well, I think you should.  Hard!  I don't think he's going to leave you alone otherwise.
N: That's okay, Mommy.  My friends and I put him in Jail where he belongs!
K: *laughing too hard to respond*

In the car going home...

Nat:  Mommy, I don't think you're doing a very good job with dinner.
Kate: Why?
N:  Well, how old are you?
K:  I'm 34.
N:  Well, exactly!  If you did a better job with dinner you'd be much bigger.
K: I think I do a good job with dinner.  I always eat my vegetables and I stop when I'm full.
N:  Well (she loves this word), you're not as big as Daddy and he does a REALLY good job with his dinner!
K:  Daddy is older than me.
N:  Well, you should eat more.  Then when you're his age you can be the same size.
K:  I'm pretty sure that I'm done growing.
N:  That's because you don't eat enough.

Seriously...is she my mother?  How the heck did I have that conversation with my incredibly petite, 30lb, 4 year old?  I'm in so much trouble!